How to convert List to int[] in Java? [duplicate]

Answer 1

I would recommend you to use List skeletal implementation from the java collections API, it appears to be quite helpful in this particular case:

package mypackage;

import java.util.AbstractList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class Test {

//Helper method to convert int arrays into Lists
static List intArrayAsList(final int[] a) {
    if(a == null)
        throw new NullPointerException();
    return new AbstractList() {

        @Override
        public Integer get(int i) {
            return a[i];//autoboxing
        }
        @Override
        public Integer set(int i, Integer val) {
            final int old = a[i];
            a[i] = val;//auto-unboxing
            return old;//autoboxing
        }
        @Override
        public int size() {
            return a.length;
        }
    };
}

public static void main(final String[] args) {
    int[] a = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    Collections.reverse(intArrayAsList(a));
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));
}
}

Beware of boxing/unboxing drawbacks